Insanity
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Weekend Content:
How to Succeed in Politics Without Really Trying, suggestions for a hawkish Democratic response that will not lead to World War III. Commenters seem to be thinking that I am looking for good policy, when I'm really just looking for good politics. And yes, the SecDef is supposed to be retired from the Armed Forces for 10 years, but this requirement can be waved by a majority vote in the Senate.
Pushback, a reminder that Democrats can't afford to take the RNC's mendacity lying down. Seriously, if there isn't a concerted response here I'm going to lose a lot of faith.
On the first post, which drew more comments than I expected, let me just say that I find the concept of the USA agitating for War with Iran one hundred percent insane. Bush once said, "no President wants war", and he better mean it.